By KEDIBONE MOLAETSI
9 June 2025- A man (35) sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by the Victoria West Regional Court for house breaking and theft. This comes after the police in Victoria West, responded to house breaking incidents reported on 25 June and 13 July 2023, in Noorder Street, Victoria West.
The Northern Cape police spokesperson, Sergeant Molefi Shemane said at the time, the identity of the suspect was unknown. Shemane said the members of the SAPS Local Criminal Record Centre attended the scenes and collected vital forensic evidence, which subsequently linked the accused, Ricardo Fritz to the crime scenes.
“Fritz, currently serving a sentence on an unrelated matter, was recently convicted and sentenced,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Pixley Ka Seme District Police Commissioner, Major General Nomana Mtukushe, commended Detective Sergeant Basil Abrahams from the Victoria West Detectives for his diligent investigation. Mtukushe also reassured the community that the South African Police Service remains committed to utilizing all available resources in the ongoing fight against crime.
The Guardian 